On Jan 22, 2013, at 12:37 AM, Andreas Papst <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm not sure if it is a good idea to deploy open recursive
> resolvers around the world again after having pushed so many people
> to close theirs. At least we should consider some reasonable
> precautions.

An attacker has a huge overhead to using this service versus just sending the 
queries directly. What would be the advantage of the attacker to do so?

> A 2nd demur: what is the difference to RIPE Atlas?
> Ok it is not for free at the moment but maybe we can urge RIPE to
> offer a public service without charge.

The RIPE Atlas is focused on the RIPE service area, and is not focused on DNS.

--Paul Hoffman

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